Archive for the ‘Open Learning’ Category

2020 Visions | Wim Veen’s Projectiont

Learning landscapes have always been determined by a combination of economic factors, technology, and societal factors. Let’s take a short look into the ongoing developments in these three areas to get a picture of how the learning landscape might look like in 2020.Read the Full Story

College freshmen making friends online

For many college freshmen, leaving the security of home for a place where they don’t know anyone can be overwhelming. That’s why, to ease this transition, a growing number of today’s students are turning to the web to make friends before they even arrive on campus.Read the Full Story

Public Television Gives Childhood Obesity a Run for Its Money With Its Newest Show: ‘KID FITNESS’

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Kid Fitness Inc., along with WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh and American Public Television are pleased to offer parents, educators and children nationwide a jolt of heart-healthy exercise with KID FITNESS, its new interactive children’s television series, debuting this month.Read the Full Story

Going the distance, at home or at work

It can be hard enough to find the time to go back to school, never mind being two hours away from the place that offers the program you want to take.Read the Full Story

DVD is reminder of ‘Cosby’s’ significance

Twenty years ago, the No. 1 program in America was “The Cosby Show.” Its Nielsen ratings kept it at the top of the heap for five years in a row, making it one of the most popular shows in TV history.Read the Full Story

Distance Education: Avoid These Common Mistakes

Tips From American Public University System for Online Learning SuccessRead the Full Story

New Role for Home Study: Honing a Gift

There’s more time for arts and athletics, but some say it sends wrong message on academics.Read the Full Story

Students staying at home can strain household

(AP) — Two years ago, when twins Ruth and Amanda Leppard decided to live at home while attending the nearby University of Central Florida, the whole family got together to talk about what would — and wouldn’t — change from high school.Read the Full Story

You can’t get away from distance learning

Grandpa’s generation, and those with a sense of history or music and cultural continuity might appreciate an old rhyme updated: “Reading, and writing and arithmetic, taught to the tune of the hickory stick” has become “reading, and writing and arithmetic, all to the tune of the computer click.”Read the Full Story

Watching TV harms kids’ academic success

Too much time in front of the TV reduces children’s learning abilities, academic achievement, and even the likelihood of their graduating from university, suggest three new studies. But it may be the quality, not quantity, of the programmes that really matters.Read the Full Story